imprejudicate
English
Etymology
im- + prejudicate
Adjective
imprejudicate (comparative more imprejudicate, superlative most imprejudicate)
- (obsolete) Without prejudice; impartial.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- Thus in Law both Civil and Divine: that is onely esteemed a legal testimony, which receives comprobation from the mouths of at least two witnesses; and that not only for prevention of calumny, but assurance against mistake; whereas notwithstanding the solid reason of one man, is as sufficient as the clamor of a whole Nation; and with imprejudicate apprehensions begets as firm a belief as the authority or aggregated testimony of many hundreds.
- (Can we date this quote by Isaac Barrow and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- imprejudicate and uncorrupted persons
References
- “imprejudicate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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